Photographing the Paris Skyline
Photographing the Paris skyline at dusk would seem to be pretty straightforward. The rooftop observatory on top of the Tour Montparnasse is open late, and there are gaps in the…
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July 21, 2014
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Workshop Demo on a Light Box
The Gloriosa Lily is a notoriously poisonous---and extremely beautiful---flower. We had the Gloriosa and many other exceptional flowers to play with at the recent Creative Flower Photography workshop sponsored by…
July 17, 2014
Castle Stairs and Glass with Candle
It was a rainy drive from Heidelberg to Aalen, Germany. Once I got off the autobahn, the countryside was lush with moisture, but going was slow. I stopped for lunch…
July 8, 2014
Deux Chevaux Engine
The Citroen C2V was fondly known as the "deux chevaux," or two horses, after its putative power. Actually, the C2V engine has something like twenty horse power, and this is…
July 6, 2014
Girl in a Blue Dress
I set my camera up on a tripod and framed a sidewalk with some windows and a bicycle in old Heidelberg, Germany, waiting for pedestrians to come by. It was…
July 5, 2014
Exploring Heidelberg
The only way to combat jet lag flying east---there is a nine hour time difference between California and Germany---is to try to get some sleep on the plane, then stay…
June 25, 2014
Peonies, iPhones and implementation details
How are peonies, iPhones and implementation details related? The relationship between how a photo was made and the perception of the photo by those who view it is an interesting…
June 24, 2014
Everett & Jones BBQ
Some of the best BBQ in the Bay area, with a decor that gives you plenty to look at as your slab comes off the grill. Then---bang, bang, bang---the slab…
June 23, 2014
White Poppy
Exposure data: Nikon D800, Zeiss 135mm f/2 lens with 12mm extension tube, 2 seconds at f/22 and ISO 100, tripod mounted, exposed on a light box for transparency, processed in…
June 19, 2014
New Photoshop Webinar Recordings Available
Want to be able to get the nuts and bolts of a subject and play it again as often as you'd like? Access to the following webinar recordings is available.…
June 17, 2014
Photographing Flowers for Transparency – Weekend Workshop Oct 4-5, 2014
BY POPULAR DEMAND! Space is limited, and this workshop usually sells out, so don't delay. Two Day Workshop: Photographing Flowers for Transparency with Harold Davis Info & Registration: http://www.meetup.com/Harold-Davis/events/183306272/ Master photographer Harold Davis…
June 15, 2014
Falling Rose Petals – New Print Edition
We are making available a new print of Falling Rose Petals directly from my studio. Falling Rose Petals is printed on Awagami Unryu washi, generously sized on 12" X 17" paper. Each…
June 13, 2014
Kali and Les Demoiselles
My latest additions to the Multiple Exposures sequence are Kali (below) and Les Demoiselles (bottom). Kali is essentially an in-camera multiple exposure, while Les Demoiselles is more of a Photoshop confection. Other…
June 11, 2014
San Francisco Photography Weekend Workshop
Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24, 2014 The San Francisco Bay area is one of the places on our planet most visited for photography. If you live here, why…
June 10, 2014
Duos and Redos
The first duo (and redo) is another in-camera multiple exposure in the series with Solace for the Wild Rest and Being and Becoming. With Earthbound Angels (below), I also added a…
June 9, 2014
Selective Sharpening in LAB Color webinar recording now available
Selective Sharpening in LAB Color with Harold Davis Have you ever over-sharpened an image? (We all have!) Have you ever wanted to to sharpen just one thing in a photo,…
June 8, 2014